When we lived in Singapore I'd order from HK quite often. When Swisspost was used the packages did indeed take a European vacation before making it back to Southeast Asia. Tracking info told of leaving/arriving in country of origin, country of transit, country of destination (or something like this).
Weird and it took a while but I always got my stuff.
-David-

I ordered from leadershobby and it came via Swisspost assuming because there were lipos on board. It left on 10/21 and arrived 11/5...no problems. 15-20 days they say is average and mine had no updates until it was delivered.

HK mistakenly shipped one of my orders via swiss post. It took the long way through the EU before eventually crossing the big pond. Total travel time was 6 weeks instead of the usual 1 to 1.5 weeks via hong kong post. On top of that swiss post tracking is worthless if it works at all. To wait 6 weeks is half of the summer up here in Canada. LOL

I know shipping lipo's is often done with swiss post. But try to find another option even if it's more money, or you will be waiting a very long time, with a high risk that you won't be able to track your package if it goes astray.

Leaders hobbies just verified that because the order contained a LIPO battery they had to send it Swiss post. From now on If I get batteries from China I will pay the extra price for EMS. Anything to avoid Swiss Post!!!

Hobbyking to California via Swisspost takes 1 month. It does take the European route. Also it does eventually show up in the US mail tracking system but that is usually the day that it is out for delivery.